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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises play upon a bright screen in an unlit room? Exam question 3 of lesson 420 «Eyes, backs and thumbs» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Exam question 3 · Eyes, backs and thumbs

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises play upon a bright screen in an unlit room?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** play, unlit room

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 420 «Eyes, backs and thumbs» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises play upon a bright screen in an unlit room?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	unlit	unlit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | play |  | a unlit room |  | of the following statements; upon a bright screen; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It may occasion eye strain and headaches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:e3:o1:1
# text = It may occasion eye strain and headaches
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	occasion	occasion	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	strain	strain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	headaches	headache	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occasion** | may | It | eye strain and headaches |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It enhances the clarity of vision permanently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:e3:o2:1
# text = It enhances the clarity of vision permanently
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	enhances	enhance	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	clarity	clarity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	vision	vision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enhance** | present | It | the clarity of vision |  |  |  | permanently *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent clarity=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is without any effect upon the eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:e3:o3:1
# text = It is without any effect upon the eyes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | without any effect; upon the eyes | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is the condition most beneficial to the eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs:e3:o4:1
# text = It is the condition most beneficial to the eyes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the condition |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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